Thread: How do I make tall doors???

Are you talking about a framed or hollowcore flush panel or cut from a sheet (like MDF)? More info would help.

The type of door is up in the air. I guess I was hoping to find which approach might best suit the taller size.

It's a moot point now though as I'm no longer making them.

Thank you for the help!

Cheers.

Here are some tall doors made for a cabinet. They are MDF with 2 mm veneers on both faces. The edges of the MDF are lipped with real wood before laminating. 10 mm lips on the inner edges and 20 mm lips on the outer edges where screws are inserted.

Moot now, I know. But the issue may arise again in the future.

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Cheerio!

John

Accepting that it is no longer something you need to do, it is still possible to do, either as DIY or commercially.

There are a lot of office fittouts which feature tall floor to ceiling doors for the simple reason that some of the prefab partition systems used are not particularly good at coping with suspended infills over normal height doors. These doors are possibly mass produced to a range of standard sizes, but some would be done as customs to match available or inconsistent heights.

It is also possible to make them in the form of a kitchen door from MDF or colourboard materials. Many cabinet makers would be able to cut and edge one for you using a panel saw, the materials are available in lengths to 3600. CNC based cabinet shops generally have 2400 or 3600 capacity machines, and if you approached one with a 2400 CNC, they would generally be able to refer you to one of their mates who has 3600 capacity. Edging should not be an issue for any continuous feed automated edger.

Finally, if you want to make your own, you should be able to source 3600 material for the skins on special order from a decent merchant. Then the next limitation would be the capacity of your workshop, machines, benches to handle the lengths involved while still having room to move.

Whichever approach someone chose to take, it should be possible.